12.15.11 The
Department of Justice has accused Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio of discriminating
against Latinos. According to The Wall
Street Journal Law Blog, "A three-year civil-rights investigation found Mr.
Arpaio’s department engaged in racial profiling in traffic stops, retaliation
against the sheriff’s critics and poor treatment of Spanish-speaking inmates." Read more on this story in The New York Times.

12.15.11 The University
of Texas School of Law's Interim Dean, Stephanie Lindquist, has vowed to support an
in-depth review of faculty compensation. Lindquist was selected to replace
Larry Sager after his departure last week.
The Texas Tribune reports, “Tension spiked in the wake of an open
records request filed by three faculty members who intended to highlight, among
other things, gender equity and questions about the management of private funds
from the UT Law School Foundation, a nonprofit organization that raises money
to support the law school.”